971 50442 210913833 2008-05-07T23:17:24Z Escarbot 1554195 robot Adding: [[gd:971]] {{year nav|971}} {{M1YearInTopic}} '''971''' was a year in the [[10th century]]. __NOTOC__ ==Events== ===By Place=== ====Europe==== * [[Kenneth II of Scotland]] succeeds [[Culen]] as King, though he will not be sole king until [[977]]. * [[Saint Swithun]]'s body is moved into an indoor [[shrine]] (he was previously [[burial|buried]] outside). The ceremony is said to have been marred by 40 days of torrential [[rain]]. ====Asia==== * [[January 23]] - In [[China]], the [[war elephant]] corps of the [[Southern Han]] are soundly defeated at Shao by [[crossbow]] fire from [[Song Dynasty]] troops. The [[Southern Han]] state is forced to submit to the [[Song Dynasty]], ending not only Southern Han rule, but also the first regular war elephant corps employed in a Chinese army that had gained the Southern Han victories throughout the 10th century. * Basileus [[John Tzimisces|John I Tzimiskes]] defeats [[Svyatoslav|Sviatoslav I of Kiev]] in the Fifth Rus'-Byzantine War (''See''[[Battle of Dorostolon]]). ==Births== * [[Kushyar ibn Labban]] * [[Mahmud of Ghazni]] * [[Emperor Shengzong of Liao]] ==Deaths== * [[Abu Jafar Khazeni]] * [[Culen of Scotland]] * [[Ziri ibn Manad]] [[Category:971]] [[af:971]] [[am:971 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:971]] [[an:971]] [[ast:971]] [[az:971]] [[bn:৯৭১]] [[map-bms:971]] [[be:971]] [[bh:९७१]] [[bs:971]] [[br:971]] [[bg:971]] [[ca:971]] [[cv:971]] [[cs:971]] [[co:971]] [[cy:971]] [[da:971]] [[de:971]] [[et:971]] [[el:971]] [[es:971]] [[eo:971]] [[eu:971]] [[fr:971]] [[gd:971]] [[gl:971]] [[ko:971년]] [[hi:971]] [[hr:971.]] [[io:971]] [[bpy:মারি ৯৭১]] [[id:971]] [[it:971]] [[he:971]] [[jv:971]] [[ka:971]] [[csb:971]] [[sw:971]] [[ht:971 (almanak jilyen)]] [[la:971]] [[lb:971]] [[lmo:971]] [[hu:971]] [[mk:971]] [[mi:971]] [[mr:इ.स. ९७१]] [[ms:971]] [[nah:971]] [[nl:971]] [[new:९७१]] [[ja:971年]] [[nap:971]] [[no:971]] [[nn:971]] [[nrm:971]] [[oc:971]] [[uz:971]] [[pi:९७१]] [[pl:971]] [[pt:971]] [[ksh:Joohr 971]] [[ro:971]] [[ru:971 год]] [[sa:९७१]] [[sq:971]] [[scn:971]] [[sk:971]] [[sl:971]] [[sr:971]] [[su:971]] [[fi:971]] [[sv:971]] [[tt:971]] [[th:พ.ศ. 1514]] [[tr:971]] [[uk:971]] [[vec:971]] [[zh-yue:971年]] [[zh:971年]]